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Childrens & Illustrated

Childrens and Illustrated from all periods and published in U.S., Great Britain, Germany, France and other countries (see special category for Japanese Chidrens books). Especially found here: fine color plate books, Jugendstil, choice examples of the genre including hand-colored, chapbooks, early woodcuts and historically significant juvenilia. Also, the Brandywine Illustrators (J.W. Smith, Green, Oakley, Wyeth, Parrish, etc.) are strongly represented here.

Berlin and Leipzig: Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, (1906). Early Edition. Thick quarto. Original pubisher's green illustrated cloth. Beautiful illustrated endpapers and illustrations throughout in tint and black and white by Ernst Liebermann. Very good copy of an attractive book.(Item #393)

New York: John Winston and Company, 1935. First edition. Blue cloth with color pictorial pastedown front cover. Illustrations in color by Petersham's every page. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. Signed in full by both Maud and Miska Petersham. Signed by both Petershams.(Item #45)

Boston: Prang & Company, 1888. First edition. Folio. Silk over boards stamped in brown, silver, pink and green design. 16 delightful full-color plates by W.L. Taylor. In scarce original printed dust jacket. These illustrations are truly marvelous, and the entire production is of very high quality, typical of Prang publishing..... (Item #15)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First edition. 4to. Original tan cloth with elaborate designs in red, black and gold on cover and spine. 39 superb full and half-page illustrations, and headpieces all by HOWARD PYLE. Hinges well cracked, sl. wear to extr. of spine.(Item #268)